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Talks and presentations

Venture Capital Private Equity IT Annual Conference: Software Platforms—Buy vs Build

April 24, 2024

Roundtable, 1 Hotel, Nashville, TN

In a roundtable discussion, co-hosted by Andrew Cafourek from Anthos Capital and Mike DeCaro of Lightspeed, industry experts explored the intricate “Buy vs. Build” decisions faced by venture capital firms. The forum focused on sharing best practices and experiences in choosing whether to purchase existing solutions or build custom tools, specifically tailored to enhance operational efficiencies within venture capital operations. The event was interactive, combining insights from the hosts with lively discussions and Q&A sessions with the audience, covering a wide range of topics from data integration to strategic investment in technology.

Affinity Campfire 2023: Hurry Up and Wait: Digitizing in Down Markets

September 28, 2023

Panelist, Presido, San Francisco, CA

Gartner predicts that 75% of investor reviews will be influenced by AI and data analytics by 2025. As a result, many VCs are facing a creeping deadline to modernize their systems and processes now—or risk being left behind. Simultaneously, firms are being tested by a challenging deal landscape where cutting costs and doing more with less are a top priority.

Silicon Vikings: 2023 New Nordics Pitch Competition

May 26, 2023

Competition Judge, Gróska, Reykjavik, Iceland

Panel judge of Iceland’s pitch competition for the 2023 Silicon Vikings New Nordics Pitch Competition. Part of Iceland Innovation Week and sponsored by KLAK, Weird Pickle and Íslandsstofa.

Iceland Innovation Week: Pitch Tank

May 23, 2023

Competition Judge, Gróska, Reykjavik, Iceland

Panel judge of Iceland’s pitch competition for the 2023 Pitch Tank event, part of Iceland Innovation Week.

Silicon Vikings: 2022 New Nordics Pitch Competition

May 20, 2022

Competition Judge, Gróska, Reykjavik, Iceland

Panel judge of Iceland’s pitch competition for the 2022 Silicon Vikings New Nordics Pitch Competition. Part of Iceland Innovation Week and sponsored by KLAK, Weird Pickle and Íslandsstofa.

WordPress – Gutenberg – Fresh Opportunities

August 05, 2021

Presentation, PubCon, Miami, FL

With the general release of “Gutenberg” as the new default WordPress editing experience, the shift is clear – block editing tools are the content management platform of the next decade. And not just for WordPress – every major CMS is shifting toward this new paradigm to enable editors a degree of control over style and function never before available to a non-technical audience. We’ll examine how block editors change every aspect of the game from site design to content management to syndication and portability.

Block Editors: The Next Generation of WYSIWYG

April 20, 2020

Presentation, ContentTECH Summit, San Diego, CA

With the general release of “Gutenberg” as the new default WordPress editing experience, the shift is clear - block editing tools are the content management platform of the next decade, enabling editors a degree of control over style and function never before available to a non-technical audience.

Creating Airstream Supply Company, An Editorial Commerce Brand, With Gutenberg and React

August 08, 2019

Presentation, WordCamp for Publishers 2019, Columbus, OH

An exploration of the operational and technical journey behind the creation of Airstream’s new retail brand: Airstream Supply Company. Includes an overview of the technical architecture used to capitalize on the bleeding edge of WordPress as a semi-headless CMS using the new block editor “Gutenberg” for an enterprise eCommerce site with redis caching, Reast component libraries, server-side rendering and GraphQL.